SHIPBREAKING – Bulletin of information and analysis on end-of-life ships
2018 – 2017 – 2016 – 2015 – 2014 – 2013 – 2012 – 2011 – 2010 – 2009 – 2008 – 2007 – 2006
Ships sent to demolition in 2024
Shipbreaking #72– from April 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024, pdf 97 pages, 16.8 Mo
Ships sent to demolition in 2023
Shipbreaking #71– from October 1, 2023 to April 30, 2024, pdf 97 pages, 16.2 MB
Shipbreaking #70– from April 1 to September 30, 2023, pdf 92 pages, 16.2 Mo
Shipbreaking #69– from January 1 to March 31, 2023, pdf 68 pages, 12.3 Mo
The Borodine in Riga, August 1982. © Yan Tikhonov
Ships sent to demolition in 2022
Shipbreaking #68– from July 1 to December 31, 2022, pdf 101 pages, 19Mo
Shipbreaking #67– from April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022, pdf 63 pages, 12.3 Mo
The Atlantic Star scam
The Atlantic Star remained disused in Marseille for more than 2 years. Construction of the Atlantic Star at La Seyne-sur-Mer in 1984 had mobilized, as in all cruise ships, significant amounts of asbestos.
The ship belonged to the Spanish shipowner Pullmantur, a subsidiary of the American company Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. Her operation became prohibitive; replacing her steam turbines with a diesel propulsion was impossible. The Atlantic Star, still in the hands of Spanish interests, remained under the European flag of Malta until March 1, 2013.
The whole Clemenceau affair for this…?
In 2013, when the former Atlantic Star, renamed Antic, leaves Marseille for demolition at Alang without asbestos removal, silence reigns.
In 2006, when the former Clemenceau, renamed hull Q790, went to Alang for demolition after a partial asbestos removal in France, a politically correct, unanimous roar rang out.
The Atlantic Star is a 240m-long ship built in 1984 in the shipyards of La Seyne-sur-Mer in France, an asbestos stronghold. It was abandoned in Marseille in 2010. The Atlantic Star belonged to the Spanish subsidiary of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL).
Illegal export of hazardous waste to Turkey
The ship was docked along the main jetty of the port of Marseille. Since September 2010, she imposed herself as a five-star squatter while, despite her silhouette and red chimney, she tried to blend in and make believe that her port of call was temporary.
Initially her stopover in Marseille was technical. There was talk of replacing steam turbines with diesel engines. From technical, the stopover quickly became economical. There is no future for a ship built 30 years ago without considerable expense and a regulatory upgrade.
For scrap and adrift, this is Canada’s motto
Lyubov Orlova, Press release # 1
Canada often sends its used commercial vessels to be broken up a long way away, in particular in Turkey.
In September 2011, the Canadian Miner, bound for Aliaga (Turkey) under tow, broke her towline, drifted and ran aground on Scatarie Island, in Nova Scotia. The cost of cutting and dismantling was evaluated at 24 million $. The wreck is dislocating and is a threat to the environment and the local fisheries. The Canadian Miner is still stranded on the island. The removal operations have been cancelled.
